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News and Information about the Ag Data Transparent Certification

Farmers are increasingly trying to improve productivity and profitability with farm management software systems. Those systems generate vast quantities of data about the farms on which they’re used, however, who owns and has rights to that data is unclear.

Worldwide, more and more farmers are using big-data software systems to increase farm productivity and profitability. A major and often-cited barrier to more widespread adoption, however, is the lack of farmer trust when it comes to data ownership.

Farmer’s Business Network, Inc.,the rapidly growing independent farmer-to-farmer network, recently completed ADT third-party certification affirming that their analytic offerings are private and secure. Farmer’s Business Network, Inc.,which now represents over 23 millions acres of farmer members in the US and Canada, joins the ranks of companies such as John Deere, Growmark and Beck’s as a certified in their data transparency to growers.

My Dairy Dashboard announces it has received the Ag Data Transparent Seal Certification, which verifies to producers that a technology provider is following specific core principles for ag data ownership, consent and privacy. My Dairy Dashboard is the first livestock oriented technology company to become certified.

John Deere has announced that it has received the American Farm Bureau Ag Data Transparent certification. This certification indicates that the company’s technology and products are in compliance with core principles for ag data ownership, consent, and privacy.

Perhaps one of the problems for the lack of transparency and widespread adoption of technology for farmers and the agricultural community at large, is the association of bitcoin with blockchain. While the two have emerged into the mainstream at about the same time, and, yes, both are virtual, they are two different things.